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12:44 pm
Thu March 14, 2013

Kalamazoo walks for clean water overseas

Credit Clean Water for the World
Water purifier in El Salvador in 2002

Americans turn the tap and expect to get nothing but clean water. That’s a luxury many people in other countries don’t have. But organizers of the annual “Walk for Water” at Western Michigan University hope to change that one village at a time. The event will be held on Saturday, March 23rd, from 1 to 3 p.m. It starts and ends at the plaza near Western’s Miller Auditorium. 

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WMU men's basketball
9:23 am
Thu March 14, 2013

WMU men's basketball team opens play in MAC tournament Thursday night

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Western Michigan will play Eastern Michigan in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament Thursday night. WMUK's Gordon Evans spoke with Mlive Kalamazoo reporter Scott DeCamp

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Urban poverty
8:56 pm
Tue March 12, 2013

WMU speaker discusses urban poverty and race

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Renaissance Center in Detroit

A scholar well-known for his work on poverty, race and inequality will speak on Friday at Western Michigan University. William Julius Wilson teaches in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He’s also the author of several books on the issues of urban poverty and race. 

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